The C# “Yellow Book”: Free as in Beer and Good as in Beginner’s Guide
As a new Microsoftie and programmer returning to C# after a six-year absence, I have a lot of learning and re-learning ahead of me. In preparation for this, I spent the better part of an afternoon in...
View ArticleSymbolics XL1200 Lisp Machine: Free to a Good Home [Updated]
Update I’m giving the machine to HacklabTO, who were the first to contact me about it. Congrats, guys! It’s been sitting in my basement long enough, and it’s time that it found a good home. By “it”,...
View ArticleThe 2009 Lang.NET Symposium / 2009 DSL DevCon
I know it’s incredibly short notice, but I just found about these myself. If: the design and implementation of programming languages, virtual machines and compilers, multi-language libraries and IDEs...
View ArticleGot Time Tuesday After Work?
If… you’re a PHP developer or curious about what Microsoft is doing in the world of open source you’re in the downtown Toronto area tomorrow (Tuesday, May 12th) after work you like free food and drink...
View ArticleSharePoint Saturday Toronto: July 11th
This article also appears in Canadian Developer Connection. SharePoint Saturdays are free events where you can learn about SharePoint from architects, developers, and other professionals who work with...
View ArticleIntroducing WebsiteSpark
What is WebsiteSpark? If you run or work at a small web design or development firm, WebsiteSpark might be for you! WebsiteSpark is Microsoft’s new global program who goal is to help small web companies...
View ArticleWinMoDevCamp: Save the Date – November 11th!
On Wednesday, November 11th, we’ll be hosting the Toronto-area WinMoDevCamp at Microsoft Canada’s headquarters! It’ll be the fifth in a series of worldwide “Camp” style workshops focusing on...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2010 Event in Kitchener-Waterloo: Thursday, January 21st
If you’re in the Kitchener-Waterloo area and want to know more about Visual Studio 2010, you should check out the Visual Studio 2010 presentation by ObjectSharp and Microsoft on the morning of...
View ArticleThinking of Moving to the Cloud? Get Free Compute Time with Windows Azure
Are you a developer looking to launch your new web application? Or perhaps you’re an IT Pro or IT Architect trying to understand what all the fuss about “The Cloud” is. Or maybe you need for some...
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